Bayous

1 definition found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bayou \Bay"ou\, n.; pl. {Bayous}. [North Am. Indian bayuk, in F.
     spelling bayouc, bayouque.]
     An inlet from the Gulf of Mexico, from a lake, or from a
     large river, sometimes sluggish, sometimes without
     perceptible movement except from tide and wind. [Southern U.
     S.]


     [1913 Webster]
  
           A dark slender thread of a bayou moves loiteringly
           northeastward into a swamp of huge cypresses. --G. W.
                                                    Cable.
     [1913 Webster]